his trial date is scheduled for next month. john: we ve got christmas coming up if a week. what are the chances he could be back in florida by then? his mexican attorney believes there is a good chance he has filed two federal injunctions and he hopes a court will rule in their favor, perhaps by thursday. meanwhile, the mexican ambassador to the united states sent this letter to miami congresswoman which reads, quote: i must underscore that introducing to and/or possessing weapons of this kind of mexico, regardless of intent, is considered a serious offense. he was caught at the bordered with a shotgun in his winnebago which his family says was for bird hunting. but the gun may have ban sawed off shotgun and too short. the veteran has been locked up since this happened in august. mexican authorities say the only reason that photo shows him shackled with that long chain to his prison bed is because he was moved out of the general inmate population, which is heavy and
mexican prison chained to that bed in what his family calls a clerical error. he was on his way to hunt and surf in costa rica. when they arrived in mexico they were arrested for bringing in a illegal weapons. his mother said the gun is 100-year-old at teen antique belonged to his great grand father. he wanted to go bird hunting. but the barrel was too short under legal limits. she is devastated. john any made an administrative mistake. he didn t register. he should have registered the gun at an embassy in the united states before going over there. so basically he has been in jail for four months chained to a bed over a clerical error. reporter: antique or not it is illegal to import guns into the country which is why john faces the charges. he told his mother he hasn t been chained to his bed the whole time. hasn t been chained since
campaign and served as one of the president s top advisors. he is an author and fox news contributor but his specialty is bird hunting. karl rove is here. who knew? eric: before we get into this, 5:00 will never be the same. eboni: you said it. particularly when we are finished with the hour. eboni: what types of birds do you hunt? quail, dove, pigeon, partridge. eric: did you ever go hunting with cheney? eboni: let s get to today s top news story. the high-stakes phone call with russian president vladimir putin. the white house releasing a readout of the discussion saying both leaders agreed all parties in syria must do everything they can to end the violence there, along with the need to eradicate terrorism all through the